Her wedding with her husband, who is also a writer, actor and director Mpho Osei- Tutu, was on Saturday, 28 November 2009.

“Our wedding was not perfect but that makes me treasure it even more. It had its hiccups and drama, joy and elation. More importantly it had all my favourite people there, which meant the world to me,” – Tumi said in 2014 in an interview with The Citizen.